Biology

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Classification

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Is the grouping of objects or organisms based on a sett of criteria

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Taxonomy

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is a disciple of biology primarily concerned with identifying , naming, and classifying species based on natural relationships

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Binomial Nomenclature

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Gives each species a scientific name that has two parts

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Taxon

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A named group of organisms

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Genus

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is defined as a group of species that are closely related and share a common ancestor

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Family

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is the next higher taxon, consisting of similar related genera

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Order

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Contains related families

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Class

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Contains related Orders

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Phylum or Division

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Contains related classes

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Kingdom

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Contains related Phylum or Divison

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Domain

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Is the broadest of all the taxa and contains one or more kingdoms

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Phylogeny

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Is the evolutionary history of a species

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Character

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To classify a species, scientists often construct patterns of descent, or phylogeny

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Molecular clock

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The average rate at which a species used to measure their evolutionary divergence and in other calculations

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Cladistics

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A way to classify animal and plants on what they have in common

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Cladogram

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a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species

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Archaea

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another term for archaebacteria

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Protists

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A single cell organism

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Fungus

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any of a group of spore-producing organisms